Defending
Counter- Defense
Attack
Counter-Attack
DePaul Facts
100

Within a distance that you can pressure player in the time the ball is traveling to the opponent

What is Pressing Distance?
100

Once we have turned the ball over in the attacking or middle third, we have multiple players around the ball to counter press to win the ball back

What is Numbers?

100

The area in the 18 from the edge of the 6, extended to the top of the 18, to the outer of the 18 – this is the area we are looking to attack to create actions on goal

What is Hot Zones?

100

The moment we win the ball back and begin our next attack - Always looking to play forward and out of pressure

What is a Counter Attack?


100
Coach Plotkin's Jersey Number in college


What is 20?
200

Shaping play to wide areas and not allowing the opponent to enter our shape

What is Protect Central Channel?

200

Once you have turned over the ball, your immediate reaction to win the ball back

What is Positive Reaction?


200

The rate at which we circulate the ball in possession

What is Tempo?

200

Find the space to exploit behind the opponents

What is Run the Depth?


200

The conference DePaul Athletics was a member of before joining The Big East in 2005

What is Conference USA?

300

The line on the field when we begin to engage and start our pressure

What is Line of Confrontation? 
300

The response of multiple players surrounding the ball to win the ball back with-in 5 seconds of losing possession of the ball

What is Counter Press?

300

In possession, playing from one side of the field to the other quickly

What is Change Point of Attach?

300

We have numbers up once we regain possession and we go quickly to attack the opponents and exploit the space they have vacated

What is Counter?

300

The full name of DePaul's Mascot - D.I.B.S

What is Demon In a Blue Suits?

400

Defending the player behind you by cutting him out with the angle in which you are pressuring the ball

What is Cover Shadow?

400

Cannot counter press, no pressure on the ball, drop back into our defensive block behind the ball

What is Recover/Organize?

400

Our defense shape behind the ball when we are in possession

What is Rest Defense?
400

Playing out of pressure to expand and regain our attacking shape

What is Regain Structure?


400

The amount of DePaul Athletics Conference Championships (Regular Season and Tournament Championship)

What is 43? 

500

Our defensive shape when the ball is in the wide channel in the defensive third

What is Layers?


500

Anytime the ball has bypassed your line of pressure and the player in possession is in pressing distance, you press from behind

What is Back Press?

500

A cross from the hot zone or wide channel, driven low and hard through the 6 yard box

What is a Box Cross?

500

The weakside winger in the central channel, an outlet to start a counter attack

What is Weakside Pocket?

500

Fall Out Boy's Bassist, who attended DePaul University but left school before his last quarter of school to focus on Fall Out Boy 

Who is Pete Wentz?